2 —Lancaster Farming, Friday, Sept. 27, 1957
Broilers Continue Decline; Average
18.61 Cents At Lancaster Exchange
LANCASTER In trend with
the normal seasonal decline,
broilers dropped to an average of
18 61 cents at the Sept. 19 auc
tion at the Lancaster Poultry
Exchange. The high was 20 cents
and the low 18 cents.
A lot of 250 heavy fowl brought
17 cents; two lots of Leghorns
brought 14Vi and 14 i cents; and
the capette range was from 28 Vi
to 30 Vi cents with 4,470 birds
being sold
Compared with the 124,700
broilers being sold last week, a
year ago only 61,150 birds were
offered with 57,100 broilers being
sold. The price average was 20
cents with a range of from 18 ;1
to 20 H cents
'Here is the Sept 19 sale by
lot number, seller with grower in
parenthesis, number and breed,
age in weeks and days, buyer
and price
500 STARTED CHICKS -1 & 2 weeks old
Would you like to save a little money?
Order your feed direct from the car!
Trespass Notices 48c doz. Horse Feed
B starter N. F. Z. . $4.25 10% Hog Feed .
Fine Chick . .. 4.90 20% Hog Feed
Grower N. F. Z. 4.25 16% Dairy Feed
Scratch D. P. 3.75 Fitting Ration'
Bluebird All Mash 3.95 Peat Moss
Corn . . 3.40 Stazdry .
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Special Chop for Steers, Hogs, Sheep and Heifers, $3.30
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE
WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER
947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715
10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more.
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHA NGE WE DELIVER
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TON OF DISCING WEIGHT
You can disc down 4 rows of heavily-rooted
hybfid corn stalks with one pass the
field. The big Allis-Chalmers No. 213 Disc Har
row works 12 feet wide...mulches crop residue
. . . leaves field level. Tractor steers easily with
all its wheels running between rows.
TRACTION BOOSTER system cuts wheel
slippage. Sealed anti-friction BAL-PAK bearings
provide lighter draft, better discing. Choice of
smooth or cutaway blades.
Traction Booster and Bal-P\k are Allis Chalmers trademaiks
ALLIS-CHALMERS A
SALES AND SERVICE
Li H. Brubaker
•Lancaster, Pa.
Snavelys Farm Service
& Grumelli Farm Sen .
* Quarryville, Pa.
IN j G. Myers & Son
I Rheems, Pa.
1. Roy B. Martin, 2,100 Indian
Rivers, 10, College Hill Poultry,
18 1 i cents 2. Roy B. Martin,
2,400 Indian River Whites, 9-3,
College Hill, 18 Vi , cents. 3. Char
les G. Myer, 1,000 White Van
tress, 11, Leola Poultry, 18-H
cents 4 lilrs. Jacob Cramer, 600
Indian Rivers, 10, Harry H.
Weaver, Jr, 18U cents. 5. John
Gehman, 350 Broad Breasted
Bronze hens, 22, no sale, 27
cents bid.
6. Christ A. Click, 250 New
Hampshire yearling fowl, Col
lege Hill, 17 cents 7. Thomas
Stoltzfoos, 170 White Rock cap
ettes, 16-2, Carl B. Risser, 29
cents. 8 Benj. F. Lapp Jr.„ 450
White Rock capettes, 13-6, Carl
B. Risser, 2811: cents. 9: B. F.
Lapp Jf, 375 White Rock cap
ettes, 13-6, Carl B. Risser, 28V4
cents 10. Richard Klmg, 4,000
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Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa.
New Holland, Pa.
$3.85
3.70
4.45
3.40
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2.40
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa.
Livestock Summary
Slaughter steers were steady
in Chicago at the close of the
market last week. Cows were 25
cents higher, canner to utility
grades active. Bulls and vealers
steady.
Stockers and feeders about
steady.
Hogs were active and steady on'
barrows and gilts, sows steady to;
strong. j
Spring lambs 50 cents to a dol-.,
lar lower and yearlings weak to.
a dollar lower. i
Receipts of cattle, calves and
sheep were off Irom the proceed
ing week at the 12 major live
stock markets. Only hogs show
ed a gain with some 14,(500 more
head being offered than a week!
proceeding I
High choice and prime 1,225
steers brought $26 50, choice to
low-prime 1,050 to 1,100 Ibs.j
$25 25 and $25 50, good and aver-i
age'choice S2O to $24.50, a few,
average choice 875 lbs. heifers.
$22.75. |
Standard and good $l6 50 to
$2l i-
Barrows and gilts, 230-260 lbs.
brought $lB 85 to $l9, a deck of
290 pounders also $l9. A lot of
206 pound and'223 nound slaugh-
ter pigs went at $l9 25
In the West Virginia feeder
cattle country stocker cows and
calves were bringing from $7O to
$125 a head, and stocker steers
from $l5 50 to 20 50 a hundred
weight
Here are other prices as re-
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MAKE "Early Bird" FEEDS
A Big Part
of Your Low-Cost Program
BIG because
Feed is 50% to 70% of all costs.
LOW-COST because
when you feed it, you will see
the difference in cost per pound
of meat or per dozen eggs . . .
in your favor!
It's a Lancaster County
honest-quality feed, made carefully
and priced so you can make more.
Make Good with "Early Bird" Feeds ...
In bags or bulk , to Suit Your Needs.
Lancaster Market: Supplies Down
13 Per Cent From Last Week .
Bv DAVID S. LORENSON
Federal-State Market News Service
CATTLE- Three days 2,922,
week ago 3,320. Following last
.week’s sharp reduction in supplies
three days this week were IS per
cent smaller than a week ago.
Part of the decline in 'numbers
could be attributed to a slightly
smaller showing of local fed cat
tle but due to decreased
movement of grass cattle from
southern states.
Fed steers average choice to
prime mostly steady with last
Wednesday, standard, good and
j low choice strong to 50 cents .high
| er, cows 25-50 cents higher, bulte
fully‘steady The movement of
1 stockers and feeders was consid
erably improved this week and by
late Wednesday clearance the best
l-m several weeks. Stocker and
feeder prices held fully steady
with last Wednesday.
Receipts comprised arouncf 45
per cent stockers and feeders and
ten per cent cows. Approximately
45 loads slaughter steers were on
sale. Bulk choice fed steess 1,000-
1,300 lbs. $23 25-25 75, high choice
and mixed high choice and prime
$26-27, load prime 1,400 lb. steers
$27 and load about same weight
$27.75. Good and low choice fed
steers $2l-23, standard and low
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MILLER & BUSHONG, INC.
'WCaKufactwte** 'piKt *pceeU Settee t%75
ROHRERSTOWN, PENNA.
good grass and shortfed steers
$lB-20 50.
Odd small lots standard, good
and average choice heifers $l7.
22 50. Bulk utility and commer.
cial cows $13.75-15.75 ,canners
and cutters $lO-14 50, mostly
$10.50 and up. A few high yielding
cutters to 15. Utility and commer
cial bulls 20 50 down, cutters $l5.
16 Bulk medium and god stocker
and feeder steers and light year
lings 550-1,050 lbs. $lB-20.50 A
few good grade feeding steers to
$22, load 663 lb. good and choice
yearlings $23 and load 845 lb.
mostly choice feeding steers
$23 25. Common stockers and
feeders $l5-17.50.
CALVES; 870, week ago 875.
Veal calves in uneven market,
high choice and prime strong to
50 cents higher, average choice
and below steady to weak. Bulk
good and choice vealers 140-220
lbs. $23-28, high choice and prime
$2B 50-31, utility and standard
grades $15.-22
HOGS; 1,775, week ago 1,285.
Barrows and gilts unevenly 50-75,
instances $1 lower than last Wed
nesday, sows fully 50 cents low
er Bulk harrows and gilts mixed
U S 1-3, 190-240 lbs. in Wednes
day’s trade $19.25-19.50, a few
-lots No. 1 and 2, 200-220 lbs. $2O
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